Carrington Calder examines the rise of celebrity SLAPP suits and how it could change the landscape of anti-SLAPP suit legislation.
SLAPP Suits: The Anti-Heroes of Free Speech
In Search of a Standard: Unraveling the Emerging Circuit Split over the Proper Causation Standard for Retaliation Claims under the FMLA
In this article, Megan VanGilder discusses the growing circuit split over the proper causation standard for retaliation claims under the FMLA, breaking down the basis for the courts’ disagreements. In unraveling these issues, VanGilder argues that the Supreme Court should resolve the split and provide clear guidance for both the lower courts and litigants in these cases.
“100% Preventable.” The East Palestine Train Derailment and its Consequences
Caroline Hardig discusses the East Palestine train derailment. She explains what happened, lawsuits filed following the derailment, and how East Palestine residents have been affected.
Keeping Firearms Out of Dangerous Hands: Closing the Boyfriend Loophole
Blog Editor Stephen Stafford explains one provision of the recently enacted Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that closes the "boyfriend loophole" in federal firearm law.
Commander in Chief or Command Economy? Presidential Power to Address Supply Chain Issues
Publications Editor Sean Meyer contends that the expansive scope of the president’s power over the peacetime domestic economy under the Defense Production Act of 1950 has exceeded the purposes behind the statute.